Press Release
Applied Systems on 17-year streak for top industry honor
Named ACORD Download Vendor of the Year since 1993
Las Vegas – ACORD LOMA Insurance Systems Forum – May 24, 2010 - Insurance technology company Applied Systems today was named ACORD Download Vendor of the Year, marking the 17th consecutive year in which more pairs of agencies and carriers communicated through Applied Systems agency management systems than through any other vendor’s systems.
Since 1993, Applied Systems is the only insurance technology provider to be recognized as Download Vendor of the Year for Total Implementations. The award is bestowed annually by the Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development (ACORD), the U.S. nonprofit insurance standards association.
In addition to recognition as ACORD Download Vendor of the Year, Applied Systems also received these awards, presented at a ceremony during the 2010 ACORD LOMA Insurance Forum at Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas:
- Most Compelling Case Study – for Claims Download
- AUGIE Commercial Lines Download
- Property Casualty Surety Round Trip of Data
- Property Casualty Surety Most Actively Involved with ACORD
- Early Adopter – Specialty Lines
- Early Adopter – Forms
Applied Systems is proud of its long association with ACORD, says Doug Johnston, Applied Systems Vice President of Partner Relations and Product Innovations.
“ACORD Standards are the foundation on which we build agency management solutions,” Johnston said. “Delivering the most effective implementation of those standards has been a driving force at Applied Systems for more than 25 years – from the early days of standardizing forms, to download efficiencies, to the speed and variety of real-time interfaces.”
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Applied Systems Inc. develops, sells and supports insurance agency and broker management systems and provides services for accounting, customer, policy, claims management, and all related agent and broker functions. More than 130,000 users in 11,000 agencies of every size and complexity level use Applied Systems solutions built around core systems Epic, TAM, Vision and DORIS. In addition, the company leads the industry in agency-carrier real-time and batch communication solutions. www.appliedsystems.com
ACORD (Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development) is a global, nonprofit standards development organization serving the insurance industry and related financial services industries. ACORD’s mission is to facilitate the development of open consensus data standards and standard forms. ACORD members include hundreds of insurance and reinsurance companies, agents and brokers, software providers, and industry associations worldwide. ACORD works with these organizations towards a goal of improved data communication across diverse platforms through implementation of standards. ACORD maintains offices in New York and London.
CONTACT:
Andy Riegler
Applied Systems, Inc.
ariegler@appliedsystems.com
800.999.5368 ext. 22253